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Shiki (TV)

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Alternative title:
SHI KI (Japanese)
屍鬼 (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: vampire
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other.
Ratings: 1547 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 171 votes (sub:120, dub:30, raw:3, ?:3, others:15
9 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 390 votes (sub:297, dub:69, raw:3, others:21
9 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 334 votes (sub:256, dub:63, raw:1, others:14
9 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Czech subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 261 votes (sub:212, dub:44, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 157 votes (sub:134, dub:17, raw:1, others:5
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 So-so: 77 votes (sub:63, dub:10, others:4
1 Russian edited dub
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 60 votes (sub:51, dub:7, others:2
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 43 votes (sub:41, raw:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 27 votes (sub:24, dub:3)
 Awful: 12 votes (sub:11, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 15 votes (sub:14, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2504 s, rank: #451 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.421 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.08, rank: #2189 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.363 (Good+), rank: #2214 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.92 / seen some: 5.55 / won't finish: 4.46)
Bayesian estimate: 7.363 (Good+), rank: #1924 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 22
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2010-07-08 to 2010-12-30
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kuchizuke" (くちづけ) by Buck-Tick
#2: "Calendula Requiem (カレンデュラレクイエム)" by kanon X kanon
Ending Theme:
#1: "Walk no Yakusoku" (walkの約束) by nangi
#2: "Gekka Reijin (月下麗人; Beauty Under the Moon)" by Buck-Tick
Official website:
屍鬼 (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Shiki - Part 1 [AU] (Blu-ray 1) 2012-08-28
    Shiki - Part 2 [AU] (Blu-ray 2) 2012-10-25
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Shiki - Part 1 [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2012-05-29 (from $198.99)
    Shiki - Part 2 (BD+DVD) 2012-05-29 (from $51.98)
    Shiki - Complete Series [S.A.V.E.] (BD+DVD) 2014-06-17 (from $99.99)
DVD (Region 2)
    Shiki - Part 1 (DVD 1) 2012-10-08
    Shiki - Part 2 (DVD 2) 2012-12-31
DVD (Region 4)
    Shiki - Part 1 (DVD 1) 2012-08-23
    Shiki - Part 2 (DVD 2) 2012-10-25

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tetsuro Amino
Series Composition: Kenji Sugihara
Script:
Junichi Shintaku (4 episodes
eps 5, 7, 11, 21
)

Kenji Sugihara (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 15-16, 18-19, 22
)

Sawako Hirabayashi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 13, 17
)

Storyboard:
Kazuhiro Ozawa (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 13-19 odd
)

Yasunori Ide (eps 1, 4)
Episode Director:
Kiyoshi Fukumoto (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 11, 15, 19
)

Yasuro Tsuchiya (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 12, 21
)

Yoshito Hata (eps 13, 17)
Unit Director:
Tetsuro Amino (OP 1-2)
Original creator: Fuyumi Ono
Original Manga: Ryū Fujisaki
Character Design: Shinji Ochi
Art Director: Ichirō Tatsuta
Chief Animation Director: Shinji Ochi
Animation Director:
Akira Koshiishi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 20
)

Natsuki Watanabe (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 11, 15, 19
)

Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 2)
Director of Photography: Masanori Sasaki

Animation:
Shinji Ochi (ED 2)
Background Art:
Yoshio Harisaki
Chief Producer:
Kōji Yamamoto (Fuji TV)
Clean-Up Animation:
Kazuko Nabeshima (Chaos Project; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 14, 18
)

Mami Kobayashi (Chaos Project; 4 episodes
eps 1, 9, 14, 18
)

Marina Uchino (Chaos Project; 4 episodes
eps 1, 9, 14, 18
)

Sayaka Sueshige (MSC; MSC; 6 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 9, 14, 18
)

Yūji Tanaka (MSC; 5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 14, 18
)

Yuuko Asami (Mushi Production; eps 13, 17)
Clean-up Inspection:
Yuko Kanemaru
Color design:
Yuka Maniwa
Color Key: Sayuri Okada
In-Between Animation:
Yūsuke Shingū (eps 1, 5)
In-Between Check:
Takashi Haruna
Key Animation:
Yūzō Sasaki (Meta Studio; ep 15)
Photography:
Shinobu Sasaki (Daume)
Production:
Yatsuho Tomikawa (Fuji TV)
Recording Assistant: Ryota Miyabayashi
Sound Effects: Minoru Yamada
Sound Production: Junichi Inaba
Sound Production Assistant: Akiko Noguchi
Theme Song Performance:
nangi (ED)
Video Editing:
Takashi Kubota
Visual Effect:
Shinobu Sasaki
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Seishin Muroi
Kōki Uchiyama as Natsuno Yūki
Tōru Ōkawa as Toshio Ozaki

Ai Orikasa as Chizuru Kirishiki
Aoi Yūki as Sunako Kirishiki
Gackt as Seishirō Kirishiki
Haruka Nagashima as Kaori Tanaka
Haruka Tomatsu as Megumi Shimizu
Keiko Kawakami as Akira Tanaka
Kōji Ishii as Tomio Ōkawa
Miki Itō as Nao Yasumori
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Tōru Mutō
Nozomi Sasaki as Ritsuko Kunihiro
Shinya Takahashi as Masao Murasako
Wataru Takagi as Tatsumi

Ai Katō as Schoolgirl (ep 12)
Ayano Ishikawa as Azusa Koide (Natsuno's mother)
Daisuke Endō as
Office Staff (ep 15)
Yasuyuki Ōtsuka
Yūki (Natsuno's father)
Eiji Maruyama as Nobuaki Muroi
Eiji Miyashita as Sadafumi Tamo
Eimi Okada as Satoko Izaki
Eri Kitamura as
Woman (ep 11)
Yoshie Kurahashi
Hayato Nakata as
Hasegawa
Ikebe
Mikiyasu Yasumori
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Hidenori Takahashi as Shimoyama (ep 14)
Hiroaki Ishikawa as
Mitsuo Tadokoro
Oitarō Satō
Hiromi Igarashi as Shigeki Maeda
Hisako Kanemoto as Shihori Maeda
Ikkyū Juku as Tokujirō Yasumori
Ikumi Hayama as Yuki Shiomi
Izumi Sawada as Yasuyo Hashiguchi
Kaori Iketani as Kiyomi Nagata
Kaori Yamagata as Takae Ozaki
Kaoru Katakai as
Sumie Katō
Tae Yano
Yaeko Ōtsuka
Keiko Aki as
Miwako Muroi
Sachiko Tanaka
Kenichirō Matsuda as
Atsushi Ōkawa
Hirosawa
Maki Terakado as Chizuko Murasako
Mari Yokoo as Tomiko Maeda
Masaaki Tsukada as Munehide Murasako
Masanori Machida as Yuzuki
Masashi Hirose as Sadaichi Tamo
Masashi Sugawara as Ozaki (Toshio's father)
Mayu Iino as Shizuka Matsuo
Miki Narahashi as Ikumi Itō
Misaki Suzuki as Hiromi Murasako
Natsumi Kasuya as Woman (ep 20)
Nobuo Tobita as Hayami
Sanae Fuku as Child (ep 18)
Sanae Kobayashi as Chiyomi Hasegawa
Satomi Sakamoto as
Girl (ep 15)
Motoko Maeda
Shiho Nakakuma as Susumu Yasumori
Shinya Takahashi as Sasaki
Sho Shibasaki as Male Student B (ep 12)
Shōhei Kajikawa as Takatoshi Hirosawa
Takayuki Masuda as
Munetaka Murasako
Towada
Takayuki Sugō as Iwao Maeda
Tamako Nohama as
Junko Yasumori
Kanami Yano
Tomoko Nakamura as Midori Kunihiro
Toshiko Sawada as Setsuko Yasumori
Yasuaki Takumi as
Love
Masaki Tashiro
Tamotsu Mutō
Tsurumi
Yoshiyuki Suzuki as Male Student A (ep 12)
Yuka Saitō as Aoi Mutō
Yūko Mizutani as
Atsuko Yasumori
Kyōko Ozaki
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Daume
Broadcaster:
Tokai Television (2010-07-15)
Clean-Up Animation:
White Line
Finish Animation: Chaos Project
In-Between Animation:
Yuhodo
In-between Check: M.S.J Musashino Production
Key Animation:
Studio Mark
Production:
Shueisha
Production Assistance:
REMIC (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 10, 16, 20
)

Studio Guts (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 11, 15, 19
)

Recording Studio: Studio Mausu
Sound Production: Dax Production
Sound Production Collaboration: Hyper Voice Managements
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Mike McFarland
Script:
Bonny Clinkenbeard (eps 1-3, 5-22)
Translation: Masako Ollivier
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer: Kenneth Thompson
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Trace Furniss
Blu-Ray Compression:
Jacob Martin
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Austin Black
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Kris Pierce
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp
Blu-Ray Quality Control:
Rob Schindlbeck
Commentary:
Mike McFarland (4 episodes
eps 1, 12, 18, 22
)

Tia Ballard (ep 12)
DVD Authoring:
Trace Furniss
DVD Compression:
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Menu Design: Diana Zaky
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
DVD Quality Control:
Rob Schindlbeck
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin
Line Producer: Mike McFarland
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison
Post-Production Assistant: Aya Spann
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Subtitling:
Jon Uzzel
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Robert Bell
Video Engineer:
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
David Wald as Toshio Ozaki
Jerry Jewell as Natsuno Yuki
John Burgmeier as Seishin Muroi

Alexis Tipton as Kaori Tanaka
Cherami Leigh as Sunako Kirishiki
Chris Burnett as Toru Muto
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Ritsuko Kunihiro
Ian Sinclair as Tatsumi
J. Michael Tatum as Seishirou Kirishiki
Luci Christian as Akira Tanaka
Lydia Mackay as Chizuru Kirishiki
Tia Ballard as Megumi Shimizu
Todd Haberkorn as Masao Murasako

Alison Viktorin as Shizuka Matsuo
Anastasia Munoz as Azusa Koide
Ben Phillips as Towada
Bill Flynn as Mitsuo Tadokoro
Bill Jenkins as Masaji (ep 5)
Bradley Campbell as Tamo Saidachi (3 episodes
eps 15, 19, 21.5
)
Brian Mathis as
Iwao (ep 21.5)
Yuzuki
Brina Palencia as Shigeki (ep 21.5)
Bruce Lewis as Bungo Gyouda
Bryan Massey as Maeda (ep 13)
Caitlin Glass as Yoshie Kurahashi
Charles Campbell as Yoshikazu (ep 13)
Chris Cason as Ishida
Chris Rager as Atsushi Ookawa
Christopher Bevins as Masaki Tashiro
Chuck Huber as Mutou
Clarine Harp as Fujiyo Takano
Cole Brown as
Takeo Shimizu
Yoshihide Katou
Cris George as Ikebe
Cynthia Cranz as Nao Yasumori
Dana Schultes as
Motoko Maeda
Sumie Katou
Dennis Maher as Takafumi (ep 15)
Ed Blaylock as Ozaki (Toshio's Father)
Eric Vale as Takatoshi Hirosawa
Grant James as Shinmei (4 episodes
eps 13-14, 17, 21
)
Gregory Lush as Shimoyama
Ian Sinclair as 77 (ep 16)
Jad Saxton as Yuki Shiomi
Jamie Marchi as Kyoko Ozaki
Jennifer Green as Shizuko Mutou
Jennifer Seman as Miwako Muroi
Jeremy Inman as Takemura (ep 15)
Jerry Russell as Oitarou (5 episodes
eps 16, 18, 20-22
)
Jessica Cavanagh as Tomiko (eps 5, 21)
Joel McDonald as Mikiyasu Yasumori
John Swasey as Sasaki (ep 20.5)
Jonathan Brooks as Sadafumi (ep 20.5)
Josh Grelle as Tamotsu Mutou
Judy Keith as
Etsuko Gyouda
Setsuko Yasumori
Tamae Itou
Juli Erickson as Tae Yano
Julie Mayfield as Namie (eps 13, 15)
Kara Edwards as Shihori (ep 21.5)
Kayla Carlyle as Chizuko Murasako
Kenny Green as Munehide Murasako
Kent Williams as Koike (eps 15, 17-18)
Laurie Steele as Kiyomi Nagata
Leah Clark as Satoko Isaki
Linda Leonard as
Fuki Gotouda
Sachiko Tanaka
Sawako Tanaka
Linda Young as Ikumi Itou
Luci Christian as Yaeko Ootsuka
Mark Stoddard as Tokujirou Yasumori
Martha Harms as Hiroko Shimizu
Marti Etheridge as Chiyomi (ep 20.5)
Maxey Whitehead as Hiromi Murasako
Melanie Mason as Mieko Murasako
Melinda Wood Allen as Takeko Hirosawa
Micah Solusod as Takami
Mike McFarland as
Yuuki (Natsuno's Father)
Yuuki Shiomi 
Monica Rial as
Midori Kunihiro
Taro
Nancy Sherrard as Atsuko (eps 13, 20)
Newton Pittman as Tsurumi
Pam Dougherty as Takae Ozaki
Patric Carroll as Isami (ep 21.5)
Phil Parsons as
Hirosawa
Yoshikazu Tanaka
R Bruce Elliott as Tomio
Robert McCollum as Munetaka Murasako
Ryan Reynolds as Susumu Yasumori
Scott Freeman as Yasuyuki Ootsuka
Shelley Calene-Black as Kazuko (eps 18-20, 21.5)
Sheridan Wright as Junko Yasumori
Sonny Strait as Hayami (3 episodes
eps 15, 19, 21.5
)
Stephanie Young as Kanami
Steve Powell as Yasuzou Muramatsu
Trina Nishimura as Aoi Mutou
Wendy Powell as Yasuyo Hashiguchi
Wilbur Penn as Ebuchi (eps 14, 20.5)

English companies
Distributor:
Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Toonzaki
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment (Expired)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: KAZÉ
French cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Jefferson Utanes
Translation:
Montreal Repuyan

Channel Head: Ruel Ferrer
Channel Producer:
Diana Jean S. Hernandez (ep 20.5 & 21.5)
Anthony Steven San Juan as
Natsuno Yuki
Toshio Ozaki
Montreal Repuyan as Seishin Muroi

Filipina Pamintuan as
Akira Tanaka
Megumi Shimizu
Grace Cornel as
Kaori Tanaka
Sunako Kirishiki
Montreal Repuyan as Tatsumi

Maynard Llames as Ozaki (Toshio's Father)
Tagalog companies

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